Packing holder for car journals



'Sept 7, 1943.

C. WILSQN PACKING HOLDER FOR CAR JOURNALS n Filed lMay 6. 1942 AT1-omver n ynglltenfed Sept?, 1943 j y lateral -ffngi averla@ reims ro" packing andere fer .railway car journals. yIn suchw'journalsthel oil oaks` "otton vor waste Imaterial usedforf'packing e'boxes immediatelyfbelw thefjournals and attheSides thereof upzto a pointnabout one inch belowthercenter lines;ofAthejiurnalleaying a lspacemofjaboutwtwo inches uintervening atlieach practice the packing1 pry/aste used for this purpose, Mfrequentljfworksupthesides of the journal and underneath *the bushings I carrying boxesff j Theresultwlisya` very "considerable n-` crease in" the labor` and cost of upkeep`, replacement and reconditioning of packing and journals.

It is the prime objectof this invention to `pro- P"`Vide a simple andeffective means for holding the `packing in proper position in the lower part of the Ybox and so preventing it `from working into fthe bearings or out at the front of the boxes.

` thejjournal boxes.` of thewheelaxles; isplaced upturned lip I.

More specifically the object is to `provide `an outer cross'` head for positioning at the front of the journal box within the lid, the same having UNITED PATENT.. oFFlcE "lj-,jf N s lazlslsw j j. f M L" rncxnyanonpnnronoARjoUnNALsf;

, keine@wilsgaeeula, @Aspiration 1942,1snairuilannerr` Y `estal Bof a usual form of railway car` truck (not shown); and said j ournalboxacting as a closure f over Pandlubricating means for the journal C `as conventionally formed at the outer end of the axle,` D, outwardly' of. the wheel (not shown). The journal is flanged on its end as at Ca, and passes into the box through ,an opening E formed throughthe innerfend of thebox. The outer end of thelbox A is closed vby alidF hinged upwardlyl at G to; the `upper marginof the box,

and spring set'at Hftonclose against the lower By raising the lid F oil soaked waste or packing J is inserted in the lower part ofthe box to lubricate the journal C. The `packing J lls the box to a point about one inch, more or less, below the center line of the journal C. A brass or other metal bushing K, arcuatein cross section on its` lower side, complementally tothe curve of the journal C; is seated upon the upper side l `of the journal, and a wedge block L is then forced 3 a pair lof spaced `and parallel arms extended `{"therefrom and adapted for insertion into the journal box at each side ofthe journal, within the spaces between the margins of the bush- Y ing and the packing below, thus serving to hold the packing down in place.`

`A further object is to add to thespecic'structure last described, wings or leaves hinged to the `inner sides'ofthe said arms and arranged torev siliently press against the sides of` the journal,

A preferred embodiment of the invention is shownin the drawing,"wherein:

for assisting in holding thefpacking down in j pplace.

inward `over the top of the bushing K and is braced between the bushing and the top of the box A. The described assembly and relation of l "parts` is clearly shown in Figure Il, and is conventional art.

Anlinspection of Figures 2, 3 and 4 discloses that between the upper surface of `the packing yJ belowk and the lateral margins of the bushing K above, there is at each side a substantial clearance space M, and in practicemy invention makes use of this space.

The invention comprises `an elongated crosshead 5 for `positioning within the 11d of the box `A, horizontally across the flanged end Ca of the f journal, andprovided with a pair of elongate@ flat, spaced and parallel arms 6 extended there-` i p "from and adapted for insertion into the lateral` clearance spaces M ateach side of the journal C,

`where they rest directlyupon the packing J. `The lower margins of the arms 6 areinturned asat 6a, to afford a broader seating upon the` packing. Y

`Elongate press wings or leaves 1 arefhinged by i their upper margins to the upper margins of the arms 6, in the mortised method shown at 8, 'where lines at the outer broken off ndof the car axle;

is a section on the line 3`3 of Figthe sleeved and dove-tailed margins are linked together by pins 9 passed therethrough in a conventional manner. Coil springs, VIll are seated on studs I I between the arms 6 and wings 1, and

ure' 2 ,l.same being' drawn ona greatlylenlarged are out-turned asiat,Ta-toireelyoverlap the inturnedmarginsa, of the arms 6. The wings 'I are cut away at their outer ends as shown at lb, to clear the anged end Caf of the journal C.

` A skirt strip I2 vis anchored atl I3 tothe lower margin of the cross-head 5 and is, flared downward and outward to meet thev inner face of the upturned lip- I- lofthe boX lllfinsidethe lid F, p when thef device is inserted in place.` This skirtv strip prevents packing waste from working out of the box. y A handle'lll is riveted'at I5 centrally to the outer face' of. the strip I2, andi iscutawayl at-v one side as at |411, to pass the shank of a latch I6 hinged by its upper end, as at I'I, to the upper free end of .the handle Ill. Thefl'atch 'shankis t .l also cut lawayfon one side, as at Ia, so asrto nicea l ly'play lwithin the recessed portion Illa; ofl the" handle lf2-,in theA operation? ofthe' device,. The lower extremity of the latch I6 is inturned, as at -,I-6'b',` to close' under thev lip I 'of the box, for holding. the device in proper position.` A retrac- V tile ,coi'l spring I8- is seated between theV elements I4I and I6, withits ends anchoredH to these elements,y andv serves'toV normallyy urge the latch ,I6 inward `to its closedposition'; In ,practice, the

y packing J is inserted'in the lowerfportion` of the b'ox A, and then the arms 6,with'wi-ngs' lk atta'clied,l are` inserted into ythe lateral spaces-5 M, inv manner previously described. A' The -arrns and vwings bear down upon the ypacking and prevent its displacement, as stated. f

, J Any desired modiiications may be madeji'n-,the described structures,'with.in theY scope" of the claims.

y normally urge the wings 'l inwardly against the journal C. The lower margins of the wings 1 t I claim:

1. In a device of the kind described for inserf tion on top of packing as laid in the base of a f 'car journal box and extended partially up the sides of a journal extended through the box, a

, cross-head for positioning across the outer end ofthe journal, spaced arms extended from the cross-head for insertion into thel journal box above the packing therein for holding the same iny place, wings hingedto the said parallel arms and depended over the inner sides thereof, 'the lower margins of the'V armsfand wings being turned Ainto overlapping relationionev over the l ing, the vdevice/in- .place.x, t i

3..In a. device of the kind described for inser..A tion on top of packing as laid in the base of a other, and means for resiliently urging the wings ltowards. the sides of the journal. t

.2" In a device according to claim 1, latching Y means on 'the cross-head for releasably secur` car journal box andextended partially up the sides Vof a 'journalv extended through thebox, a crosshead forpositioning horizontally across the outerend of the journal, spaced and parallelarms extended from the cross-head and arranged for insertionfinto the journal box at each side of the journal'and uponthe packing therein lfor holding: the same I in place', wingsfhingedl to .the uppermargins .of the said parallel arms. andde-,fv pended downwardly overthe inner sidestheref,v

of, the lower margins of the arms and wings being turned perpendicularly into overlapping relation one over the other, means for resilientlyV urging the wings towards the sides of thev jour-1v nal, and latching means on! the cross-head for releasably securingv thedevice in place. e, CLAUDE WILSON. 

